March 2011
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“In a study, outreach workers found 15 homeless people, and simply asked them...”
– No idea if this would work at a larger scale, but it makes sense. Giving the individuals a sense of financial freedom to pursue their goals and get themselves standing back up again… it’s better than handouts and less stifling than the “work for the charity” approach. I...
Replacing Dollar Bills with Coins →
Sounds like a good idea.
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The Best Fact
“Birds are Aves, which is part of the clade Theropoda, which is in Saurischia, which is in Dinosauria. Those birds outside our windows are dinosaurs. We can clear out the rest of our brains because we now have the best fact.” - Randall (XKCD)
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How Democrats Can Become Relevant Again (And... →
marco:
Republicans offered Democrats two more weeks before the doomsday shut-down. Democrats countered with four. Republicans held their ground. Democrats agreed to two.
This is what passes for compromise in our nation’s capital.
By Robert Reich.
For the first two years of the Obama administration, I kept waiting, giving them and Congressional Democrats the benefit of the doubt that...
February 2011
8 posts
chaplinnn: Top 10 Shocking Attacks from the GOP... →
corruptpolitics: 1) Republicans not only want to reduce women’s access to abortion care, they’re actually trying to redefine rape. After a major backlash, they promised to stop. But they haven’t.
2) A state legislator in Georgia wants to change the legal term for victims of rape,…
WatchReal-Life Mario Kart ftw.
April 2010
34 posts
Gulf Oil Slick headed for LA, MS Coastline →
Drill, Baby Drill
Blogger: Show cleavage to test cleric’s quake... →
An Iranian cleric blames natural disasters on promiscuity. The Internet begs to disagree and prove him wrong.
China's Research Ambitions Hurt By Faked Results →
This just in: Chinese researchers prove that being Chinese is statistically more awesome than being American.
To be, or not to be. That is a tautology.
(via fuckyeahmath)
fuckyeahmath:
US government finally admits most piracy estimates... →
Piracy isn’t as big of a deal as you think. It doesn’t cost the entertainment industries bajillions of dollars each year.
There are much more important issues to tackle; tar-and-feathering people who like music but can’t afford to pay hundreds of dollars a year to listen to it is stupid.
GameStation: "We own your soul" →
Hehe…
It pays to remember what made you sad →
Forgetting the cause of your sadness results in being sad longer. If you remember the cause, you can always convince yourself that it’s “not that bad” but if you forget the cause, then it seems like *everything* is the cause.
Sting like a bunny →
Awesome.
Slippery slope fallacy →
I’m tired of seeing this everywhere. Stop saying things like “OMG, if the government starts regulating X, soon they’ll be controlling everything!” Challenge implicit premises. Force a person to detail a *plausible* way in which such a progression could occur. If they can’t, just walk away laughing.
Official Google Blog: Our stand for digital due... →
Google is so cool…
Moral judgments can be altered ... by magnets →
Damn.
Time Lords discovered in California →
SWEET!
March 2010
18 posts